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5 out of 5 stars

Great Little Car

icubarb, 12/14/2013
2013 Chevrolet Sonic LTZ 4dr Hatchback (1.8L 4cyl 6A)
1 of 1 people found this review helpful

I bought this car 10 months ago. I have about 10,000 miles on it. I have the 2012 LTZ hatchback in Orange and love it.

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5 out of 5 stars

SO NICe - Love My Sonic, HATE Chevy Marketing!

Billy, 09/02/2020
2013 Chevrolet Sonic LT 4dr Hatchback (1.8L 4cyl 6A)
2 of 5 people found this review helpful

I LOVE my 2013 Sonic Hatchback, The car is Awesome. I call it my lil go-cart. It is wicked fun to drive, I swear, the seats were formed for my butt. Roomier than any other car I tried, and I tried about 10 in the same class as the Sonic. It's sad and crazy Chevy would discontinue this gem and keep the Spark. I drove that and it was awful compared to the Sonic. With the Spark the dirt hitting the undercarriage was loud. It was so cheaply made. Bad Decision Chevy. Sonic FTW!!! BUT... I HATE CHEVY MARKETING!!! I've tried for 7 years to get off their mail list and they ignore EVERY Request!!! I've already stopped using their service dept. I am SO SICK of getting their "Certified Service" mailings and they won't stop. I've tried opting out by calling GMC, The Dealer and using the gmcontactpreferences dot com, but these arrogant jerks have ignored my requests for 7 YEARS!!! What a waste of paper. I am sure I scared the crap out of the last person to answer when I called AGAIN to get off the mailing list. I'm selling a car I love, and switching to Honda!

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4.13 out of 5 stars

little problems

aw336, 03/01/2014
2013 Chevrolet Sonic LS 4dr Sedan (1.8L 4cyl 5M)
2 of 6 people found this review helpful

Ive had my sonic for almost a year. Ive had to have the radio replaced twice. People can barely hear me through the Bluetooth system (I have a Galaxy Note 3). The car idles weird now and theres a rubbing sound in the back end. This car feels very unstable on the highway and the dealer says there is nothing wrong with it. I went on vacation and someone smashed my passenger window open and the alarm DID NOT go off and GM says it will only go off if the door is opened. So far nothing major has went wrong and I'm hoping it stays this way. I will be trading out as soon as I can. I would not recommend this car to anyone.

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4 out of 5 stars

Great car but am worried about he future

Jag, 08/31/2016
2013 Chevrolet Sonic LT 4dr Hatchback (1.8L 4cyl 6A)
2 of 6 people found this review helpful

Great little car bought it used with 39,000 miles I now have 59,000, it drives and runs great. But it's cheap. It had been running rough for a a while and I did some research and found two big holes in the air intake hose . Electrical tape fixed it up for now lol. But that worried me and also the transmission is hesitant and jerky at times. But I salt its first thing in the morning before It warms up. The thing that worrys me the most is will this car last for 10 years. It has so much electrical cool stuff that it's nice now but will it still be working 10 years from now. Idk lol. Oh and the seats are not too comfortable but they do the job lol. Besides that it's a great car. :)

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1 out of 5 stars

Emission problem

Sonny bumanlag, 02/16/2016
2013 Chevrolet Sonic LT 4dr Hatchback (1.8L 4cyl 5M)
4 of 14 people found this review helpful

Don't buy this car the warranty is not good after 3 years the car will break down emission problem check engine on problem eat a lot of gas when you put gas car dies if you want buy this car

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